Mail-bag catcher and deliverer.



No. 892,803. PATBNTED JULY 7, 1908.

J.BUBB.' y MAIL BAG GATCHBR AND DBLIVBRER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAB.11,1908.

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J. BUBB.

MAIL BAG CATCHER AND DELIVERER. APPLICATION FILED MAR.11.1908.

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BVMW@ ATTORNEYS' station, the car ap earin end of the JACOB B'UBB, OF ESTABUTCHIE,'MISSISSIPPL MAIL-BAG CATCHIER 'AND DELIVERER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Juiy'v, `190e.

Application filed March 11, 190.8. Serial No. 420,387.

To all whom .it may concern:

. Beit knownthat l, JACOB BUBB, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Estabutchie, in the county of Jones `and .State of i Mississippi, have invented a'. new andlmproved Mail-Bag Catcher and Deliverer, of

which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description.

My invention relates to the handling of mail bags, my more particular object being to provide a construction whereby mail bags maybe readily delivered to or from a moving car` My invention further relates to certain particular` improvements whereby the general ejHiciency of such devices isgreatly improved.

Reference is to'ibe had to the accompany` ingk drawings forming a part ofthis specifi-- cation, 1n which s1m1lar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all they figures. n

Figure 1 is a fragmentary section through a mail .car showing in elevation the delivery arm reaching from the car, and showing further a post disposed adjacent to the track for temporarily receiving mail, either for delivery upon the car, or from the car to the Fig. 2 issubstantia ly showing how one mail bag is carried by the delivery arm of the car, and the other is inounted upon the stationary post, the parts occupying suchA position'as will enable the 'bags to be practically exchanged as the car passes the post;` Fig. 3 is an enlarged .frag- Vmenta erspective showing the outer end of the Fig. 4 is an enlarged verticalsection u on very arm carried by the mail car;

the -line 4-4 of'Fig. 2, showing the mail ag to be delivered from the moving car, and the means for tem orarily holding this mail bag.

in position to e readily discharged and Fig. 5 is anenlarg'ed section upon the line 5-5 of Fig. 1, showin the supporting pedestal forming a part of t e` post, and further showing the reyoluble pin mounted within this pedestal and supporting-the movable upper post.

A pedestal e is provided with a eyiidrical' compartment 7 and has substantially the form of a tube, the outer surface of which tapersy slightly toward the top. A body portion 8, like the pedestal 6'is made of metal. Connected ri "dly'lwith this body portion Ais a-pin whic extends downwardly D partly in section; a pxlan view, this viewl finto the compartment 7" and is free to turn therein. The pedestal 6 terminates at its upper end 4in a slanting face 10, andthe n lower end of the body rportion 8 terminates in a slanting face 11. he body portion 8 is movable vertically a little distance and is provided with a handle 12 whereby it may be.

turned. 'Whenever the body 'portion 8 is turned, the inclined faces 11, 12- cause it to be raised or lowered slightly, as will be understood 'from Fig. 1. .he normal position of the body portion 8 is indicated by dotted lines at the left of Fig. 1. The upper end 13 of the body portion 8 is curved. A bracket 14 integral with the body portion 8 projects directly therefrom in substantially t e same vertical lane yas thecurved portion 13` A car body is shown at 15 and is lmounted upon wheels 16.- The car door is shown at 17. Brackets 18 are mounted within the car and support a revoluble bearing sleeve 19. Mounted rigidly upon this bearin sleeve is an arm 20 which 1s free to swing an which may be temporarily held rigid in relation to the car body by aid of a latch 21. A pan 22 is mounted upon the arm20. A pair of clips 23 are connected by cords 24 with the arm 20 and are adapted to engage a mail bag 25. The latter is placed in the pan 22 and secured by the clips 23 as will be understood from Fig. 4.

A rin 26 is connected by a chain 26a with the mai bag 25. the curved member 13. occu ies such a position that vas the car moves a ong the ring 26 may engage this hook. Another mail bag 28 is to be delivered .to the operator upon thev A hook 27 mounted upon hook 31 is -mounted upon the under side of the arm 20 andis adapted to enter the ring 30 and pick up the mail b ag 28.

b lThe hook 31 is connected tothe pan 22 aid of a boss 32, as will be understood i' from' Fig. 4. This hook 31 is a double hook provided with tw stirrup-like portions 33 in either of Which..t1e ring 30 may rest. A

springclip 20 all respects similar vto the spring clip 29 is mounted upon the arm 20 and is employed for temporarily holding the 'ring 26.

My device is used as follows: The station agent or other person in charge ofthe mail,

. then grasps `the handle 12 and turns the body 1 ring 2,6 in the vcli places the mailbag 28 upon the pan 28.a and secures the ring 30 in the spring kclip 29. He

portionS from the positionindicat'ed by dotted lines at the left of Fig. 1, into the position indicated by full lines in that iigure1 The route agent upon themail car places upon the pan 22 the mail bag 25, secures the push lbutton21.

The ring 26being upon a higherlevell than the ring 30 and being in the samevertical plane, 'as lWill be understood from sFig. l, When the car passes the station. the mail bag 25 is left hanging Auponthe hook v27' by aid of theI ring 26,-Whereas, the mail bag 28`is removed from the pan .281L `andzleft hangingv upon nthe hook 31 carried the car'.` The operator upon the ca'r -noW turns. the button 2l-,swinging the tir-m20- into the .car and out of thelway, and removes the mail bag 28'at his leisure.

The motion of the train'gives a slight pull uponjthe h0ok. 27 and dislodges the-body portion 8 Which thereupon turns into 'its normal position indicated bydotted lines in Fig; v1.

TheI ap aratus above describedis'suitable for bothv elivering mail tov and receiving mailA from the moving car,;or.`in other Words, for exchanging mail with thecar. v ,ltmay be used, however, for other` purposes, and when intended to l receive mail should be'. turned into theposition indicatedby full lines in Fig.'

claim as newand desire to secure by Letters 'Pat-ent: A

2O?,'svv'ings` the arm 2,()A outwardly throug the oar'door and secures( the arm temporarily in position by aid. of the*v Ha g thus described invention, I

devce-of the-,character described,

comprising a swinging arm mountedupon a caiga paniconnfected With said swinging arm,4 spring' clipsforholding amail bag upon saidv pan, and cords `connecting said spring clips vrwith said "swinging arm, and a stationary member.disposed adjacent to thepat'h of travel of said car and provided With means for engaging said mail bag While saidcar is in -motion Y 2.` A.The combination of brackets mounted button; for holding said arm' in a predetermined rposition, a pan mounted'upon said arm, spring clips for holding a mail ba 'upon ,upon apoyar, aA sleeve journaled relatively to said brackets andvprovided with an arm,a,

said pan, flexible cords connected Wit said spring clipsand with said arml for allowing 'said spring cli s to de end therefrom when not in use, an4 means or picking a mail-bag i from said pan While the car is in motion.

3. A device of the character vdescribed comprising a swinging arm mounted upon' a clips for'holding' a mailv bag upon sai pan,

cords connecting said clips with said swin -t ing arm, 'alhook mounted upon the under si e fof saidswinging arm at a oint belowsaid Scar, a pan connected with said Swingin arm,

pan, and la stationary mem er dis osed ad jacent to the path ofy travel of sai jcar and provided'with means for temporarily supporting a mail bag adjacent tothe path of travel of said hoo Intestimony whereof I''have signed my name to this specification inthe 4presenceoof tWo subscribingwitnesses.

:Witnesses:

v J. M. WEssoN, l', W. R.lMCG@were-A 

